Perceptions of reimbursement for clinical trial participation

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^a   Loza, Melissa ^b   Vincent, Kathleen ^b   Moench, Thomas ^c   Stanberry, Lawrence R ^d   Rosenthal, Susan L ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c REPROTECT INC   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Coercion; Incentive; Qualitative interviews; Reimbursement; Reproductive health; Risk; Subject payment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEGRO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REMUNERATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REMUNERATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053146443     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2011.6.3.31     Document Type: Article

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